Things to do in Brighton

Museums

Brighton has many museums including Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Booth Museum of Natural History, Brighton Toy Museum, and Brighton Fishing Museum, which displays artefacts from the West Pier.

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Theatres

Theatres in Brighton include the Brighton Dome, the Komedia, the Old Market and the Theatre Royal. The Attenborough Centre for the Creative arts, part of the University of Sussex campus, is located near the Theatre Royal.

Smaller theatres include the Marlborough Theatre, the New Venture, and the Brighton Little Theatre.

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Festivals

Brighton hosts several annual festivals such as the Brighton Festival and Brighton Fringe. These include processions such as the Children’s Parade, and various events hosted in music and visual arts in venues throughout the city.

Other festivals include The Great Escape, the Soundwaves Festival in June, Paddle Round the Pier, Brighton Live and many others.

The Kemptown area has its own small annual street festival, the Kemptown Carnival, as does the Hanover area.

Beaches and green spaces

Brighton has a large expanse of shingle beach within the city limits. East of the Palace Pier, a flat sandy foreshore is exposed at low tide. The Palace Pier section of Brighton beach has been awarded blue flag status. Part of the beach to the east of the city centre has been redeveloped into a sports complex.

The city council owns all the beaches, which are divided into named sections: Boundary, Norfolk, Bedford, Metropole, Grand, Centre, King’s, Old Ship, Volk’s, Albion, Palace Pier, Aquarium, Athina, Paston, Banjo, Duke’s, Cliff, Crescent and Black Rock. All are connected by the Undercliff Walk.

The seafront is also home to many restaurants, sports facilities, amusement arcades, nightclubs and bars.

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